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FALL 1913 ident's Corner... Appreciation 3 . essege treat the Minister.......... 4 7 5' Conference ................................................ 7 'ns Unite 13 7; veners' Report .............................................. 14 " he District Annuals ......................................... 15 erated Women's Institutes of Canada .......... 16 eased Membership ........................................ 22 bton County W l's ......................................... 24 'at's New from Home Economics .................... 25 Conference (Perth)... . .. 28 ' - the FWIO Branches ....... .. 29 ‘ario Junior Women's institute r nterence ..................................................... 30 0Scholarships.............................................. 31 ’ List .............................................................. 32 Cover Photo Maryn Pardy. Editor. Home and Country. The Wm. A. Stewart, Minister of Agriculture and . and Mrs. Stewart, and Mrs. H. L. Noblitt. ldent. F.W.I.O. at the Girls' Conference, July National Office F.W.t. Canada. Rm. 28. 4B Elgln Street. - Ontario MM 185 Ottawa. Ontarlo KtP 5K6 . Office. Home Economics Branch. tek Square. Ministry at Agriculture London and Food. Parliament Buildings. .A.J. England. Toronto WM 135. MW?" PM â€" Art Appreciation By Ethel Chapman It is hard to believe that never again will we see the signature of Marya Parity at the foot of this page. Most of our members will already know that. alter a few weeks‘ illness. Mrs. Pardy died on September sev- enteenth. To lose Mrs. Pardy's services to the Women's lasti- tutes is a loss indeed; to lose her strong. warm person. ality from among us is a more poignant thing for each of us; but to think of what she gave us in her six years as editor of this paper and lecturer in extension work may be of some comfort. Certainly it is a cause for gratitude and a source of inspiration. Some of us were fortunate in knowing her ability as a board director or chairman ofa committee. Perhaps her home branch at Mt. Brydges appreciated especially her warmth and wisdom as an institute member â€" even in her busiest times she got home for a meeting whenever she could. Why was Maryn Pardy's work of the quality it was? Take Home and Country. When the paper came. I won‘t say her editorial was the first thing 1 read. but it was the first I looked at to see what it was about. I read it as soon as I could settle down to it: for often it was a mind-stretcher worth concentration; always it gave me something to think about. It came from a dis- ciplined. downJo-earth. clcar-visioncd. imaginative woman and i am sure most of her readers enjoyed her editorials as much as I did. The content of the whole paper showed Mrs. Pardy‘s thorough understanding of institute work ~ she had held practically every office from branch secretary to provincial board director. Perhaps her teaching experience helped her to know the Sort of reading likely to lead to action: and her sense of humor and love of people kept the magatine alive With human interest. There was an ethical standard in anything Maryn Pardy wrote that must have been ajoy to women trou- bled by the much publicized pcrmisxivcness ot‘ the times. Do you remember ! perhaps you have it in your files â€" an editorial in the Fall 1972 issue of Home and Country. based on the statement ofa pro- fessor of political science. that a society is headed for trouble unless it is prepared to indoctrinalc its children with certain values: honesty. truthfulness. work well done. kindness and compassion. respect for law and democratic rights. This was typical of Marya Pardy‘s editorial leanings. it was also typical ofMaryn herself. “Honesty and truthfulness": How often in a com‘ mittee or a board meeting we have heard her speak out for a cause that was unpopular but in her opinion right. "Work well done": In her writing she was a perfec- tionist. i can‘t recall one slipâ€"shod paragraph and I know she scrapped many a page of copy before she had what she wanted. When she gave a course or adâ€" (cantirmed on next page) 3